Re: commit_delay, siblings

On Tue, Jun 28, 2005 at 10:35:43AM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Tatsuo Ishii <t-ishii@sra.co.jp> writes:
> >>> If we yank them ( and I agree) I think we have to do it before feature
> >>> freeze.
> >> 
> >> I believe that we have consensus to yank them.   Hans says that he did 
> >> extensive testing back as far as 7.4 and the options had no effect.
> 
> > My opinion is, we'd better test with at least 8.0, or even better with
> > current. I think I can do the testing after Jul 1 if those features
> > are remained. I have a dual Xeon system with a 15000RPM SCSI disk
> > system in my office.
> 
> Well, the proposal is on the table, and the implementation is pretty
> obvious.  If you want to be sticky about the feature freeze rule,
> someone could generate a diff to remove the variables and post it to
> -patches before July 1, and then it would be fully per-rules to evaluate
> it after July 1.

That'd be needlessly legalistic ... I propose we stick to the "spirit"
of the rules, rather than the letter.

> I vote not to require ourselves to go through that pushup.

I agree.

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Alvaro Herrera (<alvherre[a]surnet.cl>)
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